Pai Chung-hsi's tomb to center Taipei cultural park

The tomb of late general Pai Chung-hsi will form the basis for a Muslim cultural area and Taiwan historical park, Taipei City Mayor Hau Lung-bin announced March 7.

Pai made an important contribution to the defeat of the Japanese in the second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), and was also responsible for stopping conditions from worsening in the aftermath of the Feb. 28 Incident, Hau said, at a memorial service held to mark the general’s 120th birth anniversary.

Pai’s son, the acclaimed writer Kenneth Pai, said he had waited 50 years for his father’s contribution to become known to the world at large.

Pai Chung-hsi’s tomb, built in the 1960s and designated a Taipei City historical monument in 2012, is in the Muslim graveyard located on a hillside in Taipei City’s Liuzhangli area, which Pai was instrumental in setting up in the 1950s.

The tomb was originally constructed for his wife, who died in 1963. Pai Chung-hsi was interred there after his death in 1966. (SDH)